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Circulation of the Atmosphere
Objectives
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After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 7, you should be able to:
- Explain the difference between macroscale, mesoscale, and microscale winds.
- List and describe several types of local winds.
- Discuss the three-cell circulation model of the atmosphere.
- Identify each of Earth's idealized zonal pressure belts.
- Discuss the locations and causes of the major monsoons.
- Discuss the westerlies and polar jet stream.
- Describe the relation between global winds and ocean currents.
- Describe the occurrence and effects of El Niño and La Niña.
- Discuss the global distribution of precipitation and the precipitation regimes on a hypothetical continent.
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